Not exact matches
Microsoft released a patch that delivers Intel's
microcode updates for Spectre to Windows 10 systems
with certain 6th - gen (Skylake) CPUs.
It's developing «optional»
microcode updates that will be delivered to customers and partners this week,
with additional updates for older CPUs coming soon.
Intel has also updated its original Meltdown - Spectre advisory
with a new warning about the stability issues and recommends OEMs and cloud providers test its beta silicon
microcode updates before final release.
We have removed the impacted BIOS updates from our support pages and are working
with Intel on a new BIOS update that will include new
microcode from Intel,» it said.
On Tuesday, HP pulled its softpaqs BIOS updates
with Intel's patches from its website, and on Thursday will release a BIOS update
with a previous version of Intel's
microcode.
Dell has now released new BIOS updates
with Intel's revised
microcode for datacenter servers and PowerEdge Server 14G, 13G, and 12G generation servers,
with 11G updates still in process.
Chips
with production fixes in Intel's
microcode update guidance document have been validated by Intel and approved for use in a production environment.
So, to solve this mess, Microsoft has worked
with Intel to provide another way to get
microcode updates.
On Microsoft's official documentation page, Microsoft says it «is not aware of any issues that affect this update currently,» but also that you should «consult
with your device manufacturer's and Intel's websites regarding their
microcode recommendation for your device before applying this update to your device.»
«Intel has reported issues
with recently released
microcode meant to address Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017 - 5715 Branch Target Injection)-- specifically Intel noted that this
microcode can cause «higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior» and then noted that situations like this may result in «data loss or corruption.»
All of the fixes have OS kernel components, and some of the fixes are combined
with processor
microcode updates in addition to kernel updates.
Of course, Intel is already pushing out Spectre (and Meltdown) patches itself,
with numerous processor families seeing
microcode updates released in the past few weeks; but Intel doesn't supply these directly to end users.
On that side of the equation, Microsoft has also moved forward,
with the company announcing that it has increased the number of Intel
microcode updates that are available from the Microsoft Catalog.
These are fixes for software, and processors also need to be patched on the hardware front,
with Intel busy delivering revamped
microcode fixes as we've seen in recent times.
Intel has officially pushed out
microcode updates
with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations for all of the processors it launched in the past...
For the former two, refreshed firmware updates the processor
with new
microcode.
Intel has officially pushed out
microcode updates
with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations for all of the processors it launched in the past five years.
Intel says that processors
with a «Stopped» status will not receive
microcode updates.